It was a pleasant surprise for me to open my mailbox this morning to find my photo for Intel featured on the cover of this month's Exhibitor magazine "The Best Of CES" edition! Thank you Exhibitor for the acknowledgement and thank you Intel for another amazing year at CES!

We had the pleasure of working closely with the team at Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects to conceptualize and create images for them that tell a story about their Virtual Reality Immersive Design process.

You can learn more about their Immersive Design process via the link below:

We wrapped up our second year working with Intel at CES in Las Vegas. Here are two links to articles about Intel at CES featuring a few of our images. Soon, we'll share more images. Thank you Intel for another amazing experience at CES!

We are thrilled to share the recently released music video for recording artist Charanpal. Erik wore multiple hats on this production, including: director, director of photography, editing, and color grading. The video has gone viral and has been hit internationally!

2016 marks our seventh year covering E3 for Sony PlayStation and Pinnacle Exhibits. We're proud to be a trusted partner with highly regarded brands and equally excited for many of the beautiful images that we captured during the event.

It was a joy working with Sergio Carbajal and his clients on a recent beach photo shoot. Even though the ocean water and the gusty winds were icy cold! We managed to create many powerful images. I had a blast doing this shoot! Visit the Photography | Advertising section to see the high-resolution images.

I recently uploaded my old 3D Animation reels online as an homage to my career as a digital artist. I feel very fortunate for the opportunity to work with many amazingly talented artists over the years on numerous TV Commercials, IMAX Films and Feature Films.

This year Sony hosted their second annual action-packed and super-fun PlayStation Experience at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This event wraps my seventh year working with Sony PlayStation. I'm looking forward to 2016 and many more exciting projects with them. Enjoy the images!

I had a blast working as a still photographer on this shoot located up in Big Bear, California. The shoot was for a cross promotional — two minute TV commercial featuring ESPN SportsCenter and Ford. We were fortunate to enjoy the first snowfall of the season during filming. I've included the final commercial down below and some stills for your enjoyment.

This past weekend I traveled to north east of Las Vegas to attend the second annual RISE Festival. It was an amazing experience. Back in 2007 I saw a film about the annual Lantern Festival in Thailand — after watching the film, I knew that it was something that I'd love to do one day. Here's a brief video and a handful of photos from the festival. Enjoy! #RISEfestival

The multi-talented spiritual teacher Patille Kebabjian hired me to envision and create a captivating image / postcard design to promote her new series of three powerful workshops specifically for teenage girls. The number three became a driving design element in the image design—everything from the three-sided triangle... to three natural elements: earth, water, air as well as the three spirits. With three as a design element — it becomes a metaphor for the stages of transformation, hence "self-work is a process not an event."

The downward pointing triangle is sometimes referred to as the chalice. It is the symbol of water (as it flows downward), the grace of heaven, and the womb. and it is one of the most ancient symbols of female divinity.

Back in '91 after I listened to Lenny Kravitz's album, "Mama Said"... I was hooked and have been a loyal fan ever since. I knew that one day I'd like to see Lenny live in concert. Tonight—it happened and up-close! I'm amped that I captured several great shots—all taken with my iPhone 6—I've included them here for your viewing pleasure. If you get a chance to see him live—do it! Thank you Lenny for your magic and an incredible show!

JustFab reached out to me to film and edit a series of interviews of their executive leadership team members for two in-house videos. I had a blast collaborating with the JustFab team while creating these videos, which were sent out to JustFab's 2,000+ employees worldwide. Here are some stills from the videos.

The wonderful people at de Grisogono and the March To The Top Foundation hired us to film and edit their high-profile fundraiser in Beverly Hills. It was an absolute joy to be a part of this event, which is committed to fundraising for the New Hope Orphanage School and Clinic for Children with HIV/AIDS in Kenya.

de Grisogono and the March To The Top Foundation Africa hosted a Luxury Cocktail Soiree at the Exclusive Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. This event was for The New Hope Orphanage Project in Kenya. New Hope is an Orphanage School and Clinic for Children with HIV/AIDS.

Children's book author Gigi needed a portrait for her new book, "Oh No Jojo" published by Balboa Press, A division of Hay House. I pitched the idea of her interacting with the star of her book and sketched a few ideas. The image featured below was the winning concept. You can purchase the book online here: amazon.com

In eight hours I will be heading eastbound on my motorcycle destined for Santa Fe, NM. My dear friend Janine will be joining me on her BMW R 700 GS. Our plan is to arrive in Santa Fe on Tuesday afternoon and to stay for a couple of days. We intend to back in LA next weekend.

The trip was cancelled on Monday due to engine failure. This is absolutely ok. The new parts (stator and rectifier) arrived yesterday (Friday) and the motorcycle will be repaired soon.

It's not about the destination, it's about the journey. It's about how kind we are with ourselves when things don't go as planned. I'll do the trip another time and I'll blog about it as well. I'm so grateful that the engine issues occurred less than an hour away from home. It's been an amazing week for me even though I wasn't in Santa Fe. Here's a toast to life and equanimity!